Democratic New York Congressman Gregory Meeks and Chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, is holding a hearing, “Emerging Threats to Stability: Considering the Systemic Risk of Leveraged Lending,” on June 4 at 2:00 pm. The very rapid rise of leveraged loan volumes, rightly has Congressman Meeks and other Democratic legislators concerned enough to call for a public discussion about leveraged loan risks, and how they could cause a significant market disruption in an economic downturn, or at worst, could pose a financial systemic threat.